How would you manage palliation in a patient with postobstructive pneumonia caused by a mediastinal mass?
Would you treat if there is active infection? How much improvement would you expect?
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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic
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I'm guessing you're thinking of a lung cancer patient with hilar obstruction, lobar atelectasis, and 2nd pneumoia. These patients often get great palliation from RT. The primary challenge is finding the obstructing mass (which benefits from RT) and separating it from the infection (doesn't benefit)....
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